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  • Microsoft awards TiGra's founder Tim Long with the prestigious Most Valuable Professional award, with a competency of Windows Server System - Small Business Server, for the second year running, making Tim one of only two SBS-MVPs in the UK.

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Snowed Under?
Did your business suffer because of the snow? Employees unable to make it into the office?How many staff hours have you lost because of freak weather, transportation problems, sickness or family emergencies? Get a 60-second overview of how Small Business...
Why Online Backup Will Not Protect Your Server
There is a growing trend of IT consultants selling online backup solutions. While there is no doubt that online remote backup can work if done correctly and with sufficient investment, it is often done in a way that doesn’t adequately protect servers...
Top Ten Reasons to Use Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows® Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) is an integrated server solution that helps you  protect your business data, increase productivity, and present a more professional image to customers. Windows Small Business Server 2008 delivers enterprise...
Microsoft Office 2010 is Coming
Microsoft Office 2010 is almost ready for technical preview, which is by invitation only. Early indications are starting to arrive of what we can expect. Some things to look forward to: The product formerly known as Groove (which came to Microsoft through...
Time to Upgrade Your Server
The introduction of Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2008 operating system is a signal to consider upgrading your server. Signs that you may need to upgrade: Your old server is getting slow or running out of hard drive space. Your old server was a ‘budget...
Smart Thinking Saves Charity Over £2,000
TiGra Networks has been working with Chequers Youth Facility (a charitable youth organisation based in Aberdare) to deliver a new IT suite for the young people of the town. The project consisted of a network server and new PCs, plus a web content management...
TiGra Networks Showcased in Windows Vista SMB Supplement
Our customer St. David Recruitment Services, based in Cardiff, were interviewed recently by Windows Vista Magazine to get their views on how Windows Vista helps their business every day. The case study appeared in Windows Vista SMB Supplement, which went...
Credit Crunch Thwarting Your IT Investment?
Businesses may be deterred from making investments in technology in the current economic climate, especially those planning to use finance to minimise cash flow impact and spread the cost over the life of the assets. With banks unwilling to lend to each...
Small Business Server 2008 is Coming
Microsoft formally unveiled its upcoming server solution for small businesses this week and first indications are that the price will be "about the same as the 2003 version". There is no news on upgrade pricing yet and the product release itself...
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Go Gold
The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term...
BNI Presentation
This is the slide deck (actually a superset of the slide deck) that I presented to my BNI chapter on 29th January 2008. The PowerPoint file is included as a file attachment below. The case study linked from the slide deck is this one: http://www.microsoft...
Printer Deployment for Windows Vista and Small Business Server 2003
I recently had a problem with a customer running all Windows Vista clients on an SBS 2003 R2 domain. The problem was how to deploy printers to users who have restricted access (i.e. standard users). The users cannot install the printer drivers themselves...
Introducing the TiGra Networks Micro Business Server™
Introducing the TiGra Networks Micro-Business Server™ The name “ Micro Business Server ” is ours, not Microsoft’s. These amusing video clips actually highlight some serious advantages of Microsoft’s new server product. Based on Windows Home Server operating...
Charities: Are You Paying Too Much for Software?
There are schemes available in the UK to help legitimate registered charities get top class IT systems and software for next to nothing. If you are paying retail prices for your software, then talk to TiGra Networks and we guarantee to cut your bill by...
Keeping Your Network Safe With Automatic Updates
If you are a small business owner who uses computers, you probably know that Microsoft releases regular security updates through Windows Update. You might not know that if you have a server on your network, then you can automate this process and gain...
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